Plakkaat van Verlatinghe

Welcome to this course about privacy.
We are thrilled to see that you are interested and will provide you with a comprehensive study of this intriguiging subject. We hope this course will enthuse you to look further into privacy and personal data regulation. Especially in the light of recent events it becomes more important to know about your (alleged!?) rights and freedoms.
After showing you a number of interesting examples of privacy in recent events, this course continues to provide you with an historic introduction, and varying cases and court decisions. It will guide you through the cultural and legal changes in perception of privacy over time. Sometimes with a more technological perspective. Notably, in the Western world differences have accumulated over time and the differences between the USA and Europe will be explained extensively in the follow-up courses.
Through video lectures and quizzes we endeavor to build a solid foundation for you to construct a well-founded opinion on privacy. Last but not least we sincerely hope you enjoy the course!
Prof.mr.dr. Jan Smits

Many differences exist between European and American society nowadays. However when looking closely at the establishment of an independent people with constitutional rights we may also see some similarities...

Enseigné par

Jan Smits

Full Professor, LL.M.

Transcription

Recent research by van Hooff has shown that the Dutch blackout from the Latin and the United States Declaration of Independence need to be seen as two important instances of a people declaring the monarch no longer the ruler of the people. Where the monarch is using its powers in an abusive way towards those governed, then it's the right of the people to alter this power. As it is apparent to all that the prince is constituted by God to be ruler over people, to defend them from oppression and violence as the shepherd his sheep; and whereas God did not create the people slaves to their prince, to obey his commands, whether right or wrong, but rather the prince for the sake of the subject, without which he could be no prince, to govern them according to equity, to love and support them as a father, his children or a shepherd his flock, and even at the hazard of life to defend them, preserve them. When he does not behave thus, but on the contrary, oppresses them, seeking opportunities to infringe their ancient customs, and privileges, exacting them from slavish compliance, then he is no longer a prince, but the tyrant, and the subjects had to consider him in no other view. Particularly, when this is done deliberately, unauthorized by the states, they may not only disallow his authority, but legally proceed to rejoice of another prince for their defense. This is the only method left for subjects whose humble petitions and remonstrances could never soften their prints or dissuade him from his tyrannical proceedings; and this is what the law of nature dictates for the defense of liberty, which we ought to transmit to posterity even at the hazards of our lives.